Residency Program

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program is a regional, national, and international referral center for lung cancer. Our surgeons are known for their willingness to be aggressive in the appropriate case. We are also a high volume center for thoracic surgery, the largest on the West Coast. Our post-operative mortality rates are among the lowest anywhere.

We have extensive experience in performing minimally invasive thoracic surgery. That means shorter hospital stays, less post-operative pain, and a more rapid return to normal activities. For patients who need chemotherapy after surgery, it means they can begin their treatment faster and are better able to tolerate higher doses.

Our medical oncology group is led by Thierry Jahan, M.D.,one of the region's foremost and highly regarded thoracic oncologists. . Other specialists treating patients, from radiation oncology, pulmonology, pathology, and imaging, are similarly dedicated and highly skilled. All have special expertise in treating patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies.

UCSF Medical Center earned a “high performance” rating – the highest rating possible – for lung cancer surgery in the most recent U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals survey.

Parking

Parking at Mount Zion

Public parking is available in two parking garages near our Mount Zion campus.
One is a UCSF garage at 2420 Sutter St. and the other is a public garage at
1635 Divisadero St. Entrances to both garages are on Sutter Street, between
Divisadero and Broderick streets.

The 2420 Sutter St. garage is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Friday, and
closed on weekends and UCSF holidays. The rate is $6 an hour with a $30 daily
maximum ($12 daily maximum for patients with a valid disabled placard). If you
have a valid disabled placard, you may have the parking fee reduced to $6 by
obtaining a parking voucher from your clinic or the lobby information desk at
1600 Divisadero Street. Present the voucher, your disabled parking
placard and your garage receipt to the cashier.

For more information about parking in the 2420 Sutter St. garage, call (415)
514-8935.

The public parking lot at 1635 Divisadero St. garage is open from 5:30 a.m. to
9 p.m., Monday to Friday, and closed on weekends and major holidays. The rate
is $2 each 20 minutes with a $28 daily maximum. UCSF parking vouchers are not
valid at the 1635 Divisadero St. garage.

For more information about the public parking lot in the 1635 Divisadero
St. garage, call
(415) 441-5408 or visit www.1635divisaderogarage.com.